The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

IN PARAGRAPHS.
Eleven Bales of Cotton Burned at New
nan-The Montgomery County Muir
derer Sentenced to Fifteen Years il
Jai1-Death of a Peafowl Over Twenty
Years Old-Turkey Shooting Neal
Wrightsville.
GEORGIA
Columbus is talking of getting up an ex
position for next year.
Judge G. n. Lester, of Cumming, is 8
candidate for Congress.
Stout, the Grovetown burglar escaped
from the convict camp, near Augusta, FRI
day.
Aleck Tappan, one of Greene county's
wealthiest citizens, was killed Friday by
being caught in his cotton gin.
Charles Lusk had leg so badly crushed
at the Rome foundry Thursday, that it will
probably have to be amputated.
Artesian well No 8, at Albany, flows sixty
gallons to the minute, and the owners look
hopefully to its successful completion in the
near future.
Three bird hunters encountered flock of
black birds, not very far from Albany. on
Wednesday, and, firing into them, killed
seventy-six.
R. K. Reaves. of Athens, who recently
became the owner of the factory at Skull
Shoals, on the Oconee river will soon put
the factory in operation again.
William Skinner one of the oldest and
the tallest residents in Richmond county
died Friday at his home, five miles from
Augusta He was 10 years old, feet q
inches tall.
Q. S. Barnett says that at several places
on the survey of the Washington and Elber-
ton railroad the earth has SO much iron in
il as TO seriously interfere with the magnet
in the surveyors instrument.
Friday |. J. Davis of Montgomery coun-
ty, a murderer, was sentenced to fifteen
years Imprisonment. His counsel made a
motion for pew trial, which will be heard
Nov. 80. He is out on 10000 bond.
At Newman Friday, in fire which was
started by spark from a passing train,
eleven bales of cotton were destroyed. The
cotton was on the platform ready for ship
ment. 1t belonged to Powell & Russell.
DIR. G. ". Gardner and Mary l.. Hunt,
who have been confined III Fulton county jail
for some time, have finally given bond, and
were released from Imprisonment Friday.
Their cases will go to the Supreme Coart.
The first issue of the first paper ever pub
lished in Jones county will come forth on
Nov. II at Gray's Station. I. r. Penn, of
Monticello, is at the bottom of the scheme,
and to him is due all the honor. The title
will be The Jones County Headlight.
Henry W. Grady is making prohibition
speeches at Atlanta. He believes that
prohibition should be tried for two years
longer. First, because it has not had fair
trial, and second, because this trial, imper-
feet and brief as it has BEEN is a demon
strable success
At Atlanta, the trial of Bud Veal for the
killing of c. D. Horn, one of the contrac-
tors on the new Capitol, is set for Nov. IA.
Veal, it will be remembered was engaged
in a difficulty with Sam Venable in a room
of the Kimball. when, by the discharge of
pistol, Mr. Veal's as alleged, Mr.. Horn was
accidentally shot and killed.
Friday was the day set for a hearing of
the motion for new trial for Jerome Bur
nett, who will be remembered as one of the
parties charged with the murder of John
Hancock, In Crawford county, some time
ago. The motion was to have been heard
in Macon, but owing to the absence OF
Judge Gustin, at Perry, it was postponed.
G. w. Brown, of Villa Rica, a deaf and
dumb man, now in Rome, is an ingenious
workman. He makes pretty little chair
within a square bottle with slim neck,
plaits the chair bottom with narrow ribbon
and winds the legs and rounds with tasteful
colors-all being done in the bottle, and
closed with a cork fastened on the inside.
Marshallville Times: Jasper Slappey is
concentrating his time and energies upon
his plantation, and nut little is seen of him
in town. He is so full of agriculture that a
lady asked him in his store few DAYS since
if he had any Jerseys" Nothing but a
half-breed calf" said he. He has disposed of
his interest in the cider and vinegar factory,
and will raise hog and hominy, and all the
cotton he can, and an occasional Jersey at
home.
Capt. r. J. Powell, Treasurer of the
State Agricultural Society, arrived in Ma
con Friday for the purpose of paying off the
premiums awarded at the State Fair. He
paid out nearly $4,000, but did not get
through, and will remain here to-day for
that purpose There is no way of getting
at the receipts of the fair yet. The railroad
companies will not settle before Nov Is.
1t is thought, however, that the society will
have few thousand dollars in the TT lasury
after the settlement is made.
Edward Glover, who keeps small store
at Needwood, Glynn county, was aroused
Thursday morning early by a knock at his
door, and the request that he get up and
open the door, as the applicant wanted to
make purchase. Mr.. Glover dressed, and
coming to the door opened it and as he
turned was struck on the head by piece of
plank and knocked senseless When he
awoke he found he had been robbed of S14,
and several small articles. The party Mr..
Glover recognized as a strange negro he had
seen around there for several days.
Dallas has been thrown into excitement
by the elopement of two well-known people
in that community. NJ c. Ferguson is the
name of the man. He is married, and is the
father of seven children. He became very
intimate with Mis- Nancy Brown, young
lady who is regarded as one of the bellies of
the place, and her infatuation became so
great that he finally induced her to leave
with him. They have gone to Texas. The
father of the young lady has te egraphed
to the Chiefs of Police of the cities through
which they are expected to pass, and re-
quested to have the fleeing couple arrested
and held for him. It is feared if Ferguson
is brought back here he will be violently
dealt with by an indignant popuiace.
Just before the war old farmer Lowe,
father of John Y. and w. B. Lowe, who
still reside near Macon, got some peafowls
and began breeding them. By the close of
the war he had quite flock of beautiful
birds, and when Sherman came through his
soldies killed all but one old cock. This
patriarchial fowl was slain a few DAYS ago
by setter dog, after having lived for more
than quarter of a century He went un-
mated so long that he became a nissan
thropical old widower, and when Mr.. w.
Is. Lowe, some years ago, purchased hen
to keep the old fellow company, he fatty
refused to recognize her in any way, and